As is traditional at this time of year, hordes of tourists have begun flocking to Dortmund's Christmas market in order to eat, drink, generally be merry and also gaze in wonder at what is widely believed to be the tallest Christmas tree in the world, with a total of 1,700 firs used in 2015.
However, the grand opening of this year's festivities were sullied slightly when the good people of Dortmund were greeted by the sight of their famous tree being besmirched by the club colours of their local footballing rivals, Schalke 04.
While the Weihnachtsmarkt display was being set up and anchored down over the weekend, a mischievous Schalke-supporting worker managed to sneakily plant a white and blue flag at the top of the 45-metre-tall tree.
"We're all Schalke supporters," one of the scaffolders, who lives in Bottrop close to Schalke's stadium in Gelsenkirchen, told local outlet Der Westen, but added that they took the flag "down after taking a couple of pictures as memory for other Schalke fans."
"We did not want to annoy the Dortmund fans," he said.
The offending flag was taken down just minutes after it was spotted, but thankfully somebody had a camera phone on hand to preserve the image forever.
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